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Title:
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ASSESSING PRESENCE: USING POSITIONING THEORY TO EXAMINE INSTRUCTOR PARTICIPATION AND PERSONA IN ONLINE DISCOURSE |
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Author(s):
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Vanessa Paz Dennen |
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ISBN:
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972-8924-22-4 |
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Editors:
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Kinshuk, Demetrios G Sampson, J. Michael Spector and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2006 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Online learning, instructor presence, positioning theory |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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267 |
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Last Page:
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273 |
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Language:
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English |
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Paper Abstract:
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This paper presents a study in which positioning theory (see Harré and van Langenhove, 1999) is used as a theoretical framework for analyzing instructor presence in online discussion transcripts. The study was conducted to support two purposes. First, it was an attempt to see if positioning theory would be a useful framework for examining online persona. As a secondary purpose, the study provides a description both of naturally occurring instructor positioning and of the ways in which students will position their instructors. Findings show that positioning theory can readily be used to identify different ways instructors engage with their students. Instructors positioning is more likely to occur through instructor messages than through student messages, and to be either tacit or performative in nature. Accountative instructor positioning tends to occur as a second-order discourse act in response to a student. |
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